Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) diversity in agricultural ecosystems at Mezquital Valley, Hidalgo, Mexico

Hernández-Ruiz, Patricia; Castaño-Meneses, Gabriela

doi:10.1016/j.ejsobi.2006.07.020

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“…Many mechanical and chemical changes occur within agricultural environments, and this modifies the responses of the native species populations in the area (Hernández-Ruiz & Castaño-Meneses, 2006). Brussaard et al (2007) observed that organic matter, for example, is one of the limiting factors of soil organism functions.…”

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Associations Between Different Soil Management Practices, Soil Fauna and Maize Yield

Martins¹,

Siqueira²,

Moura³

et al. 2018

JAS

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Soil fauna play an important role in ecosystems, and in this context, it is important to better understand how the abiotic and biotic drivers of these organisms interact. We hypothesize that soil fauna are affected by different soil management practices, which has an influence on maize grain yields. The aim of this study was to evaluate the structure of soil fauna under different soil management practices and their associations with maize grain yield. The experiment was conducted in Maranhão, Brazil, in an area divided into 24 plots of 4 × 10 m in a randomized block design with six treatments with four replicates (R). Pitfall traps were placed in the area. The treatments were Leucaena leucocephala-Leucaena (L), nitrogen (N), humic acid + nitrogen (HA + N), nitrogen + Leucaena (N + L), humic acid + Leucaena (HA + L) and humic acid + nitrogen + Leucaena (HA + N + L). The soil fauna dominance, abundance, richness, Shannon-Wiener diversity index, Pielou evenness index and maize grain yield were determined. Formicidae was clearly affected by management with Leucaena, while Coleoptera was affected by management with nitrogen. Despite this, Isopoda and Diplura were the only groups associated with the maize yield. Although fauna abundance did not differ among treatments, it was related to the yield. This study confirms that the abundance and some taxa of soil fauna can influence yield and that these organisms can be used to increase agricultural sustainability.

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Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Associations Between Different Soil Management Practices, Soil Fauna and Maize Yield

Martins¹,

Siqueira²,

Moura³

et al. 2018

JAS

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“…This was unlike those of type (4) in the locality of Notto, which grew fruits for the export market and displayed higher intensification levels (Ndiaye et al, 2012). The weak or non-existent technical interventions in type (1) and type (2) orchards were conductive to high leaf litter levels, no pesticide use and no fertilizer inputs that influenced ant diversity, ant richness or ant community structure, as reported by other studies demonstrating the sensitivity of ants to environmental conditions (Peck et al, 1998;New, 2000;Hernández-Ruiz and Castaño-Meneses, 2006;Torchote et al, 2010;Chen et al, 2011;Wiescher et al, 2012;Bernadou et al, 2013). For the group (A) orchards, one ecological factor able to influence the ant community was the vegetation stratum which determines the amount of leaf litter (Perfecto and Snelling, 1995;Ellison et al, 2002;Boulton et al, 2005), depending on whether or not there was orchard cleaning.…”

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Relations between the design and management of Senegalese orchards and ant diversity and community composition

Diame

Blatrix

Grechi

et al. 2015

Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment

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“…The pitfall traps were left running during 24 hours before being gathered and emptied of their contents. This method was used by several authors such as (Hernández-Ruiz & Castaño-Meneses, 2006;Berville et al, 2015).…”

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A preliminary list of the Ant Fauna in Northeastern Sahara of Algeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

Chemala¹,

Benhamacha²,

Hadj³

et al. 2017

Sociobiology

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We present here a preliminary list of ant fauna of some study sites in the northeastern Sahara of Algeria using two methodologies, quadrat and pitfall traps (Barber-pots) methods. This work was conducted in wild and agricultural ecosystems in the basin of Ouargla, El-Oued region and Djamaa region. We record a total of 26 species of 12 genera belonging to three subfamilies Dolichoderinae, Formicinae, and Myrmicinae. Species of the Myrmicinae and Formicinae were the most abundant with 62.96% and 29.63% respectively. The most diverse genus was Monomorium Mayr, 1855 (6 species), followed by Messor Forel, 1890 (5). The highest diversity of ants was in Djamaa region (24 species), followed by Ouargla (18) and El-Oued (13). Moreover, this work shows the first record of the species Strumigenys membranifera Emery, 1869 for the Country. Finally, we observed a variation in the distribution of ant species between study sites, for why, ecological determinants such as soil need to be studied deeply to explain their influence on the repartition and richness of the Saharan myrmycofauna of Algeria.

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Ants (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) diversity in agricultural ecosystems at Mezquital Valley, Hidalgo, Mexico

Cited by 19 publications

References 13 publications

Associations Between Different Soil Management Practices, Soil Fauna and Maize Yield

Associations Between Different Soil Management Practices, Soil Fauna and Maize Yield

Relations between the design and management of Senegalese orchards and ant diversity and community composition

A preliminary list of the Ant Fauna in Northeastern Sahara of Algeria (Hymenoptera: Formicidae)

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